It is estimated there are currently more then 90 million Baptists worldwide, in around 300,000 congregations.
Some say that the Baptist movement originated when John the Baptist baptized Jesus with a deep water immersion in the River Jordan.
A Baptist believes in Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah of Israel and who has confessed that faith by submitting to an immersion in water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The origins of the Baptist Church in the American colonies started with Roger Williams, who established a Baptist church in Providence, R.I., in 1639.
In 1608, a group of English separatists, led by John Smyth, established the first English Baptist congregation in Holland.
The Particular Baptists were founded in 1633.
The General and Particular Baptists united into a single body called the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1891.
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